Hair puffing comb device



P 1951 R. G. HOROWITZ 2,568,890

HAIR PUFFING COMB DEVICE Filed Nov. 29, 1948 i f} Y III/I o I I I j y 1 8 I I II 1 I I I 9 I i v 2 I3 INVENTQR.

Patented Sept. 25, 1951 UNITED S TAT ES PAT ENT OFFICE HAIR PUFFING COMB DEVICE Ruth G. Horowitz, Detroit, Mich. Application November 29, 1948, Serial No. 62,553

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a comb of similar intents and purposes as the comb described in my co-pending application for Letters Patent, Serial #581750, filed November 6, 1948 (now abandoned), namely, for forming a supporting means for maintaining hair thereon to effect a rolled pompadour appearance.

The specific object of my invention herein de scribed is to provide a comb, of the nature aforesaid, consisting of a unitary structure economical to manufacture.

It is further aimed to provide a comb in which the teeth are constructed in such a manner, for example, in angular relation to the body strip thereof, that the hair strands of the upwardly projected hair r011 will not fall down into the space formations between comb teeth as Would be the case with perpendicularly aligned teeth and which would result in an imperfectly rounded contour of said roll.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will become more fully apparent from a consideration of the fOllOWiIlg description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating its constructive embodiment.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view in elevation showing my comb in normally expanded position.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure l disclosing construction of a tooth.

Figure 3 is a side view in elevation of my comb showing the front layer of teeth as being compressed into an arcuated position.

Referring specifically to the drawings wherein like reference characters designate like or similar parts, the comb 4 comprises a body strip 5 having one edge 6 thereof provided with a series of resilient teeth '5 extending therefrom, and a second body strip 8 also having a series of teeth 9 extending from the edge I thereof.

Reverting to the drawings, the teeth 1 of the body strip and the teeth 9 of the body strip 8 have their tapered terminals H and [2, respectively, joined together by being cemented, folded, or any other means, as shown at [3 in Figures 2 and 3, for the purpose of providing common points for facilitating an easy insertion of the comb 4 into the hair, and for the purpose as will hereinafter be more fully described.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2, respectively, the body strip 8 is disposed in parallelism to the body strip 5 behind the front teeth 1 and beneath the body strip 5.

It will be realized that the body strip 8 is provided with a corresponding number of teeth 9 as the number of teeth 7 of the body strip 5, said teeth 9 being of a longitudinally lesser dimension than the teeth 1 for the purpose of providing means for maintaining the teeth 1 in an arouated position for supporting strands of hair to effect a pompadour appearance when said teeth 1 are compressed by means of the body strip 5 thereof and locked thereby into the horizontal groove Id provided on the body strip 8, as shown at l5 in Figure 3.

In order to maintain the strands of hair in a perfectly supported position, the teeth I and the teeth 9 are constructed at an angular position to their respective body strips 5 and 8.

Various changes and modifications are contemplated and may be resorted to, provided they fall within the scope and spirit of this invention.

Havin described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A comb for effecting a puffed up appearance to the hair comprising a body strip having one edge thereof provided with a plurality of resilient teeth laterally extending therefrom,- a second body strip having one edge thereof provided with a plurality of teeth laterally extending therefrom and corresponding in number to the teeth of the first body strip but being longitudinally of lesser dimension than the teeth of the first body strip, said second body strip being disposed behind the teeth of the first body strip, said teeth of said first body strip having each terminal thereof secured to the terminals of the teeth of said second body strip for providing common tooth points for said comb, and means carried by said comb for securing the first body strip to the second body strip for raising the teeth of the first body strip away from the teeth of the second body strip into an arouate position.

2. A comb for effecting a puffed up appearance to the hair comprising a body strip having one edge thereof provided with a plurality of resilient teeth laterally extending therefrom, a second body strip having one edge thereof provided with a plurality of teeth laterally extending therefrom and corresponding in number to the teeth of the first body strip but being longitudinally of lesser dimension than the teeth of the first body strip, said teeth of the first body strip and said teeth of the second body strip being at an acute angular position relative longitudinally to the edges of the first and second body strips, said second body strip being disposed behind the teeth of said first body strip, said teeth of the first body Strip having each terminal thereof secured to the terminals of the teeth of the second body strip for providing common tooth points for said comb, and means carried by said comb for securing the first body strip to the second body strip for raising the teeth of the first body strip away from the teeth of said second body strip into an arcuate position.

3. A device as in claim 2 in which said means for raising said teeth of said first body strip into 10 4 an arcuate position consists of a groove longitti dinally formed on the second body strip on the edge adjacent to the edge having teeth projected therefrom for maintaining therein the longitudinai edge 01 the first body strip in a secured position by the tension of the teeth of said first body strip.

RUTH G. HOROWI'IZ.

No references cited. 

